A Trip to the Moon / Le Voyage dans la lune - 1902

A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French black and white silent science fiction film. It is loosely based on two popular novels of the time: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne and The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
The film was written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second, which was the standard frame rate at the time the film was produced. It was extremely popular at the time of its release and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès. A Trip to the Moon is the first science fiction film, and utilizes innovative animation and special effects, including the iconic shot of the rocketship landing in the moon's eye

t was named one of the 100 greatest films of the 20th century by The Village Voice, ranking in

This Version features a Soundtrack by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Laurence Rosenthal

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  Film & Animation

[coldplayer112233]

*111 years later :P

[SoulfulBrutha5805]

Jesus. That guy with the white beard is a total badass. The mooninite king or whoever brings them before him, he just breaks his bonds and kills him by slamming him to the ground.

[yumxx]

Hugo by Martin Scorsese brought me here.

[Cihan Barnett]

Those girls in the beginning looked pretty good! I know for that time this was probably revolutionary, but boy would these people be blown away by watching our modern movies like Inception, Iron man 3, Transformers, Batman... I'm sure someone will be saying the same thing about us too...

[Chaeris Chaeris]

Ah Georges Meliès, et si on t'avait dis que dans 112 ans toutes les nations pourraient voir des copies intégrales de ton oeuvre quand ils le souhaitent depuis des ordinateurs et l'internet et...

Le progrès est allé plus vite que l’imagination de l'homme ne peut le réaliser pendant le 20ème siècle.

Si bien qu’aujourd’hui encore on en a pas tout à fait conscience!

[Yickbob]

As it's so important in the history of film, the moon (& loads of other things from it) are so iconic that any whipped-cream-face-planet in any other film/TV show (ex, Mighty Boosh)/game, etc is based on this whether the creators realize it or not!

[Yickbob]

7:00 - 8:00 Clearly the inspiration for Mario Bros - even has mushrooms!!

[NEOMOX MOX]

1902 man, 1902…

[damnyouwinnipeg]

The special effects here are so fake.

[magikush]

i cant believe i just watched this shit

[0o0Sleepless0o0]

actually I was joking! :) thanks for the information though! i'll look it up! have a wonderful day! :))

[Clumsy Smurf]

You cannot 'remember when this came out'. Since you then would be about 111 years old! But it surely was a great hit when it got out, and a movie was even made about this film specifcly called Hugo (2011). Look it up. :)